In a capitulation to the Bush administration, two leading Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee—Diane Feinstein (CA) and Charles Schumer (NY)—have announced their intention to endorse attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey.
Mukasey, a former federal judge, shocked even his Senate supporters by refusing to rule out the use of torture during
interrogation of "terror" suspects. The collapse of Democratic opposition to Mukasey amounts to an endorsement of torture.



